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OPINION

Trump’s assault on the environment

Maureen Fudger
Published 4:10 p.m. ET Jan. 26, 2017

President Donald Trump signs an executive order on the Keystone XL pipeline Tuesday in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington.(Photo: AP)

A veritable blizzard of bad news for the environment fell upon us from the Trump administration this week: removing all references to climate change from the presidential website, resurrecting the Keystone XL and Dakota Access pipelines, instituting a grant freeze and gag order at the Environmental Protection Agency, installing energy industry lobbyists at the EPA to help gut environmental regulations, and of course, we still face the prospect of Scott Pruitt leading the EPA, an agency he has sued 14 times.

Trump’s pledge to Make America Great Again is taking us backward in many ways. But the clock on climate change runs only one way, and we don’t have time to go backward.

Where are the senators who believe in science and respect facts? Where are they when we need them to protect our environment and planet? For starters, they must reject Pruitt’s nomination. Senator Schumer, we're counting on your leadership. And Republicans, have you no conscience at all?